Some idle thoughts on impeachment this Saturday morning

[gfarber]

31. A New Trick

There once was a party called “Dem,”
Caught fast in a pundit-made gem:
“Impeach and you’re nuts,
Don’t impeach and you’re a putz.
Either way, they all sneer and condemn.”

If they shout, “Let’s impeach him today!”
They’re deranged, say the polls, right away.
But if Dems hesitate,
They’re accused of cowardice straight—
There’s no winning the game as they play.

The GOP smiles and pours on the spin,
While troll farms come flooding right in.
With a shove to each side,
They keep widening the divide,
Till the wedge is embedded within.

Trump commits an offense every morn—
Before coffee, a scandal is born.
Sell a pardon for cash?
That’s just part of the rash
Of impeachable acts he’s adorned.

They impeached him—once, twice—can you tell?
Both times the Senate said, “Hell—
No conviction for Jan Six?
Then nothing will stick.”
Authoritarians love that smell.

The trials came and went in a flash,
Focused tight so they wouldn’t crash.
But when acquittals rang clear,
The public moved on without fear,
And the rest of the crimes turned to ash.

So here’s a new trick, sharp and sly:
Don’t impeach—at least not by and by.
Form a committee for slime,
Dig through crime after crime,
And let oversight never run dry.

From DOGE to the data that’s gone,
To troops sent to streets at the dawn;
Court orders defied,
Immigrants vanished aside—
Each week, another full con.

Roll cameras, bring witnesses on,
Like a drama that’s never withdrawn.
Wrap each case in a week,
Drop receipts, cold and bleak—
“Add this one to the list,” and move on.

Let impeachment hang just out of sight,
Like a storm cloud that grows day and night.
“More evidence first,”
Say the Dems when they’re pressed,
“And don’t you want truth done right?”

His crimes once blurred into noise,
Now refocused, each one destroys
The myth of the man—
Just a criminal plan
Run from power, not populist ploys.

So when anchors demand, with a grin,
“Will you impeach him—or not—tell us when?”
Dems reply, calm and plain:
“We’re investigating his reign—
All his crimes. Then we’ll see where that ends.”